Junior Brand Manager

At Franklin Templeton, we’re advancing our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that’s both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we provide opportunities to help you reach your potential while helping our clients reach theirs. Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world!

What is the Global Brand and Marketing Strategy team responsible for? The team is responsible for developing and executing brand strategy and messaging, assessing and managing global sponsorships (for example, sports), managing marketing projects and materials as well as coordinating business management functions across the Global Marketing team.

As a Junior Brand Manager you’ll partner closely with marketing leaders and cross-functional teams to drive brand-related initiatives and corporate marketing projects across the firm globally. This will include creating and maintaining marketing materials and brand assets, managing the internal Brand Central portal, and responding to brand and marketing inquiries and requests, among other responsibilities. In this global role, the candidate will gain great exposure to brand management, creative marketing and project management, working with partners across business units and countries. Based in Edinburgh, you’ll have support from the onsite marketing team whilst being a part of this global team.

What are the ongoing responsibilities of the Junior Brand Manager?

• Managing brand and marketing projects, including developing project plans, gathering requirements, and reporting to key stakeholders and executives.
• Managing regular updates to corporate marketing materials, gaining approval of changes through Compliance, and distributing materials across multiple platforms for internal uptake.
• Partnering closely with our Creative Studio team to develop new or enhance existing brand assets and marketing materials.
• Monitoring materials and communications produced across the firm to ensure alignment with brand standards, including identifying opportunities to enhance our branding.
• Contributing to brand tracking and research efforts including conducting analyses to identify actionable insights, sharing results with partners and organizing reports on Brand Central.
• Managing our brand portal, Brand Central, including making regular content updates, and organizing and promoting key brand assets to ensure visibility and uptake across the firm.
• Managing our brand mailbox by responding to inquiries on how to properly implement our visual identity system, logos, messaging and related assets.
• Tracking and reporting on analytics related to brand and corporate marketing activities and initiatives.
• Maintaining documentation of all trademarked intellectual property related to our brand.

What ideal qualifications would help someone be successful?

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years working in marketing, branding, or advertising in a highly regulated industry.
• Financial services marketing experience highly preferred, with a strong understanding of investment management and related verticals.
• Strong understanding of brand management principles.
• Understanding of graphic design principles.
• Experience with, or a keen interest in, leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity, output, and the overall quality of brand management initiatives.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Creative thinking.
• The experience and judgement to make urgent but effective decisions in challenging situations.
• Ability to work independently and highly accountable for results; participates in determining objectives of assignment; plans, schedules and arranges own and team’s activities in accomplishing objectives.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workflow.
• Excellent business judgement and ethics.
• Outstanding relationship-building skills.

Building teams with diverse skills, backgrounds, and experiences has always been important to us. Cultivating an inclusive culture where employees feel safe to share their voices is not only beneficial for our people, but also drives innovation and enables us to deliver better client outcomes. So, no matter your interests, lifestyle, or background, there’s a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We will provide you with tools, resources, and learning opportunities to help you excel in your career and personal life.

We want our employees to be at their best. By joining us, you will connect with a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for staying physically and mentally healthy, saving for life’s adventures, taking care of your family members, or making a positive impact in your community, we aim to have you covered.

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.

As part of our commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, we welcome applicants with flexible working arrangements in their current roles or those seeking a flexible working pattern. We encourage you to communicate any preferences for flexible working so that we can consider this during our hiring process. Additionally, returners – individuals who have taken a break from work – are also encouraged to explore our job opportunities.

As a registered UK Disability Confident Committed Employer, we encourage you to disclose if you consider yourself to have a disability as part of your application. This information enables us to provide the necessary support and leverage your unique talents effectively.

If you believe that you need an accommodation or adjustment to search for or apply for one of our positions, please send an email to accommodations@franklintempleton.com. In your email, please include the accommodation or adjustment you are requesting, the job title, and the job number you are applying for. It may take up to three business days to receive a response to your request. Please note that only requests for arrangements will receive a response.